Collar-support.



N. A. KRISOHEPM,

COLLAR SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1911.v

Patented Jari. 2, 1912.

WITNESSES C AZTOR/VEYS ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN A. KRISCHER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. V 4

COLLAR-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2,1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN A. Knrsormn, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, and a resident of the city of New 5 York, borough ofManhattan, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Collar-Support, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact specification.

The invention relates to supports for col lars worn by women, inconnection with which it is customary to provide supporters extendingvertically, or approximately so, to maintain the collar in proper form.

Objects of my invention are to provide an improved supporter of thecharacter referred to, that may be adjusted as to length with facilityand despatch; to provide a wide range of adjustment as to the length;

and to provide a supporter having an improved means for guiding thelongitudinally sliding members of which my device is composed; as wellas to provide an arrangement of orifices for so receiving sewing threadas to permit of a secure and ready sewing of the device to the collar.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of myimproved supporter to a collar, a portion of the collar being brokenaway: Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device, illustrating themanner in which the sliding members may be readily adjusted when thedevice is grasped centrally between the thumb and a finger; Fig.

3 is a plan view of the device in its collapsed form or shortestadjustment, the two main members comprising the device being in thisadjustment co-extensive with each other; Fig. 4 is a plan view with thetwo sliding members partially extended beyond each other; and Fig. 5 isa longitudinal cen tral vertical section through the parts when adjustedas in Fig. 1. I

In forming a support embodying my invention, two exactly similar members10 are provided, each being formed with an approximately centrallongitudinal slot or opening 12 extending in unbroken continuity frompoints adjacent to the ends of the members. Each sliding member 10isprovided at one end with an attachment 13, se

cured to the member 10 by an eyelet 14:, or otherwise suitably rivetedor secured in place. The attachments 13 constitute essentially guides tothe respective members and aid in holding one member to the other byproviding a broader surface than the mere eyelet or similar rivetingdevice would afford. Each attachment 13 is spaced from its member 10 thethickness of the companion member 10, the arrangement being such thatone member 10 and its attachment 13 lie on opposite faces of thecompanion member 10, and serve to guide the latter, the rivets 14 ortheir equivalents passing through the lon- 7 gitudinal slots or openings12 and being movable therein from end to end. The ends of the members 10are preferably rounded, as at 15, and the outer ends or edges 16 of theattachments 13, are similarly rounded, 7 and the distance from an end ofa slot 12 to the rounded outer end of a member 10 is approximately equalto the distance from the eyelet or other fastenings 14 to the outer end'of the guiding attachment 13, so that when the two members 10 are slidtogether to their shortest adjustment, one will be imposed completelyover the other, the two being co-extensive, so that it is possible toadjust the two members in such a manner 8 that the total. length of thedevice will not exceed the length of a single member 10.

In each member 10 there is formed on each side of the slot 12, a seriesof alined orifices 17 for receiving the sewing threads, and theseorifices are spaced in the two members 10 a corresponding distance apartboth longitudinally and transversely, so that the two longitudinal sideseries of orifices in one member may be brought to register with theorifices of the other member, and it will be .apparent that the unit ofadjustment corresponds with the distance between the orifices lengthwiseof the device.

The device is manipulated to adjust it as to length with the greatestfacility and convenience by simply taking hold of the device between thethumb and finger, as indicated in Fig. 2, and sliding one member on theother.

In practice I manufacture the members 10, which are of flat form, andthe guide attachments 13 from celluloid or similar flexible materialwhich is transparent or translucent that the device may be inconspicuouswhen in place on the collar.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

A collar support comprising two straight longitudinally slotted similarstrips lying flatwise against each other in separate planes throughout,and clamping and guiding means holding the strips in frictiontightengagement, said means consisting of end members separate from thestrips and disposed fiatwise one on each strip, on opposite sides of thecollar support and at opposite ends and conforming to the end formationof the strips, and a fastener extending through each of said fiat endmemhere, through the slot of the adj aoent strip, and through thematerial of the opposite strip at the end of the latter, the said stripshaving series of perforations and each being gripped friction-tightbetween the companion strip and the clamp member carried by the latter.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

NATHAN A. KRISCHER. l/Vitnesses:

J. L. 'MOAULIFFE, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D'. G.

